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Among the names put forward for House Speaker, it seems the most prominent ones are those of Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez and former Foreign Secretary now Taguig Representative Alan Peter Cayetano. The question that most people will be wrestling with till June 30 or the start of the 18th Congress is, who will win the…
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There are two key things Americans learned from the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in 2016: (1) traditional pre-election polling is no longer reliable and (2) Google search activity provides better insight into voter preferences than social media engagement. That these lessons were mainly learned in hindsight accounts for much of the shock everyone felt…
Right off the bat, I don’t expect too much bitterness in the rivalry for House Speakership should it be between just Congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco and Congressman Martin Romualdez. Compared to a Velasco vs. Cayetano or Romualdez vs. Cayetano race for House Speakership, we might see less of the underhanded political arm wringing some…
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Loss sucks. Nobody likes to lose — not even those in the Opposition who have, over the last several years, lost a lot. Thing is, the way one behaves when in a situation that sucks is what defines one’s character. It is quite evident that the Opposition are not taking a rare opportunity to pause…
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In my previous post I mulled over the possibility of Marinduque Lone District Representative Lord Allan Velasco taking over the reins of the House Speakership from former president and Pampanga 2nd District Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It would seem that Velasco might be a shoo in after his possible rival for House Speakership Taguig Representative…
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” Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 22:13 What is ironic about that Bible quote in the context of May 2019 is that if the Liberal Party heeded the advice of the first part of the…
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The Philippine Opposition are lost and have scattered, running around like headless chickens. You can see it in how their disgraced candidates have withdrawn from the limelight and clammed up following their catastrophic loss in this year’s mid-term elections. Despite an array of assurances to their flock that the Laban (“fight”) will persist and contrite…
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The results of the 2019 Philippine mid-term elections could very well be ushering in the start of the post Aquino era which some say was largely defined by an almost paralyzing fear of a return to a tyrannical regime and hate for the Marcoses in particular. There are political scholars who say that the bulk…
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